Vehicle-wheel



G. W. BALL. Vehicle Wheel.

No. 230,990. Patented Aug. 10,1880.

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VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,990, dated. August 10, 1880.

Application filed January 8, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES \V. BALL, of Macon, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented a ne and Improved Vehicle WVheel, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a front elevation of the wheel. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional elevation of the same on line as m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to construct a light, durable, and easily-adjusted vehiclewheel cast from steel or other metal with hub, spokes, and felly all in one piece.

In the drawings, A represents the wheelhub, provided with an inner web, a, through which is the bore I). B B are the spokes, of which there maybe any required number, and G is the fell y, strengthened by the inner flange, c. All these parts are cast in one piece from any metal, but preferably from steel.

The end boxes, I) D, are set within the. sockets or recesses g g of the hub A, against the web a, and are bolted or riveted thereto by bolts or rivets d (I. The bores of these end boxes, D D, are enlarged inwardly, and an oilhole,f, communicates therewith for the convenience of oiling the axle or spindle, and the said bores are smaller than the opening in the web a, in order that the said end boxes may take all the wear of the axle or spindle.

By having the end boxes separate from the A hub, and the opening or bore in the hub-web suffieiently large, end boxes to tit any sized axles or spindles may readily be united tothe wheel, thus saving much trouble and labor in fitting and repairing wheels and their hubs.

I am aware that the web of a ear-wheel has been clamped between the two sections of its huh; but

What I claim as new and of my invention A casting for wheels, consisting of the ring or huh A, having, web a and recesses g g, the spokes 'B, and the continuous "t'elly O, the webbed ring or hub being adapted to receive flanged spindle-boxes, as shown and described.

CHARLES \VESLEY BALL.

Witnesses THOMAS DAVIS, J. D. HEMPHILL. 

